The MA’s Election Snafu

The Ever Beleaguered Montecito Association Gets No Love

The Montecito Association’s stars must be crossed, because
no matter what they do, they continue to be beleaguered, battered,
and bewildered. No sooner did they crawl out from a robust Ty Warner PR flack-attack, than they found
themselves knee deep a self-inflicted election
snafu.

The Association normally takes the annual December board elections seriously, dedicating
one-quarter of their by-laws to defining the laborious and exacting
process. This earnest approach comes because this is the only
opportunity for general members to have voice on who sits this
powerful Montecito homeowners association lobby.

However, this year, no doubt because they were busy
swatting at Tys, the Association fumbled the
elections. Last week, some 1,050 members received an incomplete and
illegal ballot. It was not only missing the full slate of nominees,
but it also neglected to include the candidate’s biographies, the
voting instructions, and the required annual meeting posting.